Blackpatch (Album Version)

Blackpatch - Laura Nyro

Written by：L. Nyro/Arif Mardin

Invitations to my party

Send Jones an inviting card

He got his mean streak from the gutter

Got his kindness from god

Now tugboats paint the river

Carry coal to the city and white dock liners

Happiness on the uptown side

Of my party in the morning tide

Oh la la la blackpatch

Oh la la la blackpatch

Oh la la la blackpatch

In blackpatch in blackpatch

Clothes spin on washropes

Window to window tie

Socks and bells and nightgowns

Tassels in the morning

Tassels in the morning sky

People all ready

Ready ready

People all ready

Ready ready

Ready ready

I've been trying I've been thinking

I've been trying I've been thinking

Womanchild on the side street

Flashing in blackpatch

Lipstick on a reefer

Waiting for a match